August 01, 2010, 8:04PM

What is going on in this country and this state? I'm a 58-year-old woman who drives a Prius with an Obama bumper sticker on it. In the past two months, while driving alone, I have been confronted by angry men. Full story »

November 13, 2009, 7:52PM

After showing an ID, a NORML membership cards and an Oregon Medical Marijuana Program card, people who pay their $25 fee get a stamp that allows them entry to the Cannabis Cafe in Portland Friday afternoon. Torsten Kjellstrand/The Oregonian.

November 13, 2009, 7:52PM

Melodie Silverwolf checks IDs, NORML membership cards and an Oregon Medical Marijuana Program card of anyone wanting to enter the Cannabis Cafe in Portland Friday afternoon. The cafe is a private, members-only club for medical marijuana patients. To use the cafe, however, they must have a NORML membership, an Oregon Medical Marijuana Program card, and proof of legal residency in...

November 13, 2009, 7:52PM

Madeline Martinez demonstrates a vaporizer right before the opening of Cannabis Cafe in north Portland. Martinez is the executive director of the Oregon chapter of NORML - National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Torsten Kjellstrand/The Oregonian.

November 13, 2009, 7:52PM

Melodie Silverwolf sits ready to get people signed up for membership in the Cannabis Cafe in Portland. The cafe is a private, members-only club for medical marijuana patients. To use the cafe, however, they must have a NORML membership, an Oregon Medical Marijuana Program card, and proof of legal residency in Oregon. Torsten Kjellstrand/The Oregonian.

November 13, 2009, 7:52PM

Madeline Martinez demonstrates a vaporizer right before the opening of Cannabis Cafe in north Portland. Martinez is the executive director of the Oregon chapter of NORML - National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Torsten Kjellstrand/The Oregonian.

November 13, 2009, 7:52PM

Behind the bar of the Cannabis Cafe in north Portland are jars containing donated marijuana, waiting for the first medical marijuana users to come inside when the cafe opens at 4:20 Friday afternoon. The cafe is a private, members-only club for medical marijuana patients. To use the cafe, however, they must have a NORML membership, an Oregon Medical Marijuana Program...

November 03, 2009, 8:50PM

On Nov. 13, the Cannabis Cafe will open on Northeast Dekum Street. And last month, a small lounge opened on Southeast Foster Road. They are the first such places in the country to open since the federal government indicated that it will no longer arrest or prosecute patients and suppliers. Full story »